Counting the cost of corruption

Procurement fraud in South Africa is on the rise. This is ccording to Ina van der Merwe, director and CEO of Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE), who adds: “Corruption has reached epidemic proportions. Research shows that South African companies experience more fraud...

Resurgent growth for production printers

The worldwide production print market enjoyed 7,5% year-over-year growth in unit shipments in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer Tracker. Unit shipments grew to approximately...
Security breach hits US taxpayers

Security breach hits US taxpayers

At least 100 000 American taxpayers have had their security compromised via a breach in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) systems. The IRS has announced that criminals used taxpayer-specific data acquired from non-IRS sources to gain unauthorised access to...

Windows 10 extends device reach

Microsoft has announced a Phone Companion app built into Windows 10 that will let users connect their Windows PC to any devices that they use – regardless of whether it’s Windows, iOS or Android. All files and content will be available on the user’s PC and phone. With...

Nadella heads top 10 tech leaders

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella heads Juniper Research’s newly-released rankings of the most influential executives in the technology space, followed by Apple’s chief design officer, Jony Ive. The rankings, which are based on Juniper’s assessment of key criteria including...

Record budget tabled for Jo’burg

The City of Johannesburg posted a record budget of more than R52-billion yesterday. “The size of the budget and the extent of the allocations made to departments, entities and priority programmes reflect the health and sustainability of the City’s finances...